Good Gracious, I'm Getting To Guide Today

[Bill Babler]

Half day started for us out of Lighthouse Resort with Twosets and son Dan at 5:45, just abit after first light, but still had to have the runners on.

We took a boat ride up the James, as I have been on some decient topwater Fish after the mornings light show barage. They were not having it this morn, but did manage 3 on a rig, 2 on crawlers and a nice SMJ and 1 small K on a Jig on the first stop. Most of thsese fish came in under 20 feet of water. Long runout point with some timber and chunk rock. The way I am fishing these locations early, while waiting for surfacing fish is to start pretty shallow, and just drag the baits out the points or flats. I am starting in usually 12 to 15 ft. and working out to 35 or 40 with the drag stuff. Just letting the boat and trolling motor at a very slow speed, drag the jig. My gps while dragging says .37 miles per hour, so you know I am going very slow. I am always trying to drag into the wind or breeze when ever possible. It allows me much better control of my boat speed.

Next stop a midlake hump netted us 3 quality keeps and 1 short, all on crawlers. I believe we could have continued to catch a couple more of these deep fish. They were on the bottom in 32 ft. Really just having a good time in the nice cloudy weather, so I asked the boys if they wanted to look at something different and we were off.

Next location was a main lake cove mouth. at the end of a bluff, with quite a bit of standing timber. Water was in the 50 ft. range and as we pulled in we saw fish surfacing. Most of these fish were suspended at 25 feet over 40 ft. 13 more here, with at least 1/2 being very nice quality keepers. 1 on a yamaoto cinnamon purple worm, and the rest on mature night crawlers.

That about wrapped her up for the morning as the sun was starting to beat us up a little. Great company and lots of fish, made it a very nice morings trip, without all the rain and thunderboomers.

[denjac]

Bill, what is a mature nightcrawler???

[Don House]

Bill, what is a mature nightcrawler???

The Biggest crawlers you can find!!! My favorite is the Canadian Nightcrawlers. It really does matter!! These guys in the water will grow to over 5 inches and these fish just love them, kinda like us eating a really good T Bone Steak..

Good Fishing

Don

[twosets]

Another great day on the water with a wonderful guide. I would highly recommend it. Thanks again Bill.

George